Undergraduate
students should submit applications for course & unit exemptions by filling
in the on-line form under CUSIS, uploading the softcopy of the supporting
documents*, and make necessary payment on-line.Students can track their application
status at anytime in CUSIS.

*Supporting
Documents

Important
NOTE: Students who submit softcopy file should combine all pages of the
supporting documents into one single PDF or JPEG file. The file limit is 5MB.

-Course Descriptions – copy of course
content/course outline of the courses that taken at other institutions (or at
previous programme of CUHK) in relation of the application, OR

-Preliminary Assessment on Course and
Unit Exemption (PACU) – students who join the exchange programmes may also
include this form in the application, if any.

*Application
will not be processed if the University has not received the original
official transcript(s) and the above-mentioned required documents are not
uploaded properly along with the application.

2.How to log on CUSIS for
“Transfer Credit/Exemption” system function

To
log on CUSIS Transfer Credit/Exemption function, students need to logon “MyCUHK”,
then click “MyStudy/CUSIS” and then select “Transfer Credit/Exemption” from
the left menu bar.Please refer
to < Appendix
1: How to Logon CUSIS Transfer Credit/Exemption function> for an
example.You MUST click ‘Create a
new application’ to start a new application.

3.How to fill in the online Course & Unit
Exemptions application form under CUSIS

If you have to use more than
one course to apply equivalence to one CUHK course, please click <Click
here to add another contributing course> at the input box of “External
Course”, e.g. FINE2013 & FINE4213 of TCW University are used to apply for
BIOL3333 of CUHK.

iv.Information
of Equivalent Course (i.e. CUHK course)

Indicate
the equivalent course(s) to be applied, if no equivalent course(s) available,
the unit(s) to be applied for exemption. There are 5 different “Transfer Type”:

Course:

input the course information of equivalent
course(s) at CUHK, always choose the new code with 4 alphabets (e.g. ANTH) before
entering the corresponding course number.

Major:

input the number of unit(s) exemption that you
wish to apply for your current Major programme, if there is no equivalent
Major course(s) available.

Minor:

input the number of unit(s) exemption that you
wish to apply for your current Minor programme, if there is no equivalent
Minor course(s) available.

GE:

input the number of General Education unit(s) exemption
that you wish to apply for, if there is no equivalent General Education
course(s) available.

Elective:

input the unit(s) exemption that you wish to apply
for, if there is no equivalent course(s) available.

Same
external course(s) CANNOT be used to apply for course equivalence to 2 CUHK
courses offered by different departments.These applications will NOT be
accepted.

v.Apply
for more than one course

Students
who need to apply for more than one course, click <Make another transfer
from this institution to another CUHK course> if the courses to be
transferred are of the same institution.

vi.Apply
for credit transfer from another external institution in the same application

Students
can submit in the same application the course(s) taken at more than one external
institution by clicking < Apply transfer from another institution>.

vii.Save
or Proceed to Payment

Save:Always select ‘Save’ in the on-line
application form to ensure the input is stored in the system.

Proceed
to Payment: Students should make
sure all the information on the on-line form is properly completed, and the
softcopy file of the supporting document is attached, and then select ‘Proceed
to Payment’, by credit card.

viii.Check
Application Progress

Students
may check the progress of their application at anytime in the Application
Summary which is in the first page of Transfer Credit/Exemption, the meaning
of the application status is listed below:

Submitted

Your application has been forwarded by CUSIS to
the relevant administrative office.

In progress

Your application has been forwarded to course
offering department(s)/Major programme/Faculty Dean for consideration.

Draft

You have saved the input in the system only. Since
it is only a Draft, the system will not forward your application for
processing.

Approved

Courses/units of the applications have ALL been
approved by relevant academic department(s).

Partial Approved

Only some courses/units of the application have
been approved by the relevant academic department(s).

Pre-approval

Only for
graduating students who join the exchange programme in their last term of
study. The application have been
granted preliminary approval only, the final results, however, subject to
verification of official transcript from the external institution.

Rejected

The whole application is rejected by the relevant
academic department(s).

Returned

The application has been returned by the relevant administrative
office, please contact the office concerned for details.

Has comment

The relevant academic department(s) or administrative
office has made some comments, please read the comments and contact the relevant
office concerned for advice, if necessary.